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Dear {usertag:name}
This e-newsletter is going to the 19 members of Transition The Grove’s Towards Zero Waste Subgroup and to Cheryl Kirchner who coordinated the Leslie Patrick Park Clean Up Australia Day event this year.
For Clean Up Australia Day 2012 we went with supporting the Leslie Patrick Park activity. Three of our members came along and collected rubbish along the Creek including pulling a shopping trolley out of the Creek. Quite exciting to be back getting wet and paddling in the water! There was a good turn-up for the site. Transition The Grove took along their tea/coffee and biscuits gear which turned out well. The group that Cheryl Kirchner coordinated have been doing Clean Up Australia Day in local parks in the area for about 14 years now. They are a group who were originally Ferny Hills State School parent volunteers with the school and they have kept their involvement locally down the years. Cr Brian Battersby and Lord Mayor Allan Sutherland were there and working hard collecting rubbish.
Dale Shuttleworth another Transition The Grove Towards Zero Waste Subgroup member coordinated his own site at Bob Cassimaty Park in Ferny Grove. Very visible in blue LNP t-shirts with all his family. The Wahminda Scouts came along again and helped clean up at that site.
Dale requested an interview so we took the recording gear down to do an interview for the Transition The Grove Hour on Radio YYY 87.6FM about his involvement in Clean Up Australia Day. A good interview – it will go to air in a week’s time (Monday12th) and also be downloadable from www.yyyfm.org.au and from www.transitionthegrove.org.au/index.php/radio-4yyy any time after that.
Then on to the Leslie Patrick Park site and it turned into a good chance to interview Brian Cheryl and Allan too for the Radio.
Clean Up Australia Day is a good chance to get really practical and active about waste and make a difference. The few hours it takes can be worth far more than the time involved. It is not difficult. If there is something big like a shopping trolley three or four people will work on it together. Strong bags and gloves are supplied. We had a lot of fun and the energy under the shelter over tea/coffee and biscuits afterwards was enthusiastic and chatty. Only disappointment was that the Council collected half the rubbish halfway through so we couldn’t get a photo of the total heap of bags collected.
This is the 3rd year Transition The Grove has been involved and we certainly expect that to continue and grow because it is such a good activity whether we organise our own site like last year or support one another group is coordinating like this year. It is a valuable opportunity for various local groups to work together and cross-fertilise ideas. Transition The Grove member Jo Barkworth was there cleaning up rubbish but it was also an excellent chance to have discussions about how the community garden site at Patricks Rd State Preschool is going.
Events relevant to the Towards Zero Waste Subgroup are also put on the Community Calendar. For example both Clean Up Australia Day sites were in the Community Calendar this year. We strongly encourage you to add events that you know of locally and if you know of important Waste events outside the area that we could participate in these would be good to add to (for example the Waste Forums).
The Community Directory Zero Waste directory is static information. A way that you could help would be to check it for accuracy currency and completeness when you have a look at it. If some of it needs changing send through the details to administrator@transitionthegrove.org.au because changes have to be done through the Administrator end of the website for the Community Directory.
Possible activities that the Towards Zero Waste Subgroup might take on include:
- Updating the Towards Zero Waste Forum with information about recycling etc locally
- Keeping the list of Kerbside Rubbish Collection dates for local suburbs up to date
- Plan a trip for the Subgroup to visit the Rochdale Waste Collection Site for a tour to see where our waste from Ferny Grove Transfer Station goes.
Any one of you can use the Towards Zero Waste Subgroup link on Groups (you need to log in) to contact others in the Subgroup (one or all) and initiate activities and discussions and projects. This is what it is all about.
On an on-going basis the collection of Towards Zero Waste Forum threads is growing steadily with local information. It includes reports of two major Waste Forums one held in Moreton Bay and one in Brisbane. Both were outstanding events. Waste is a dynamite subject which audiences get totally passionate about!! Here is the list of topic titles and number of views:
Recycling batteries and ink cartridges 16 Views
Our ancestors recycled their wee – shouldn’t we? 55 Views
Cigarette butts – fire risk 26 Views
Report illegal dumping 31 Views
Christmas waste reduction tips from Clean Up Australia 127 Views
National Recycling Week 37 Views
Avoid Reduce Reuse Recycle Recover Dispose appropriately 36 Views
New rubbish bin lid colours – red says rethink your waste 43 Views
Rethink Business Waste e-Newsletter 53 Views
Kerbside collections dates for large items 104 Views
Waste Reform Newsletter 282 Views
Rant – disposable society 423 Views
Lifeline re-use of books an outstanding example of waste minimization 55 Views
Waste Forum – Waste Minimisation 630 Views
Waste Forum – Anaerobic Digestion Technology 660 Views
Waste Forum – Questions 630 Views
Waste Forum – Qr5 Network 647 Views
Waste Forum – Waste Exchange Register 642 Views
Waste Forum – Waste Hubs 606 Views
Waste Forum – Moreton Bay Regional Council Services 760 Views
Waste Forum – Beneficial Use Approvals (BUAs) 756 Views
Waste Forum – Waste Strategy & Waste Levy 715 Views
Up-cycling 801 Views
Buyequip e-waste 661 Views
New Commercial & Industrial Waste Levy 618 Views
Total I.T. Australia: recycle e-waste free of charge 643 Views
Product Stewardship Bill 654 Views
National Garage Sale Trail 10th April 2011 648 Views
Littering offence fines 656 Views
Container deposit schemes 626 Views
BCC’s Towards Zero Waste 676 Views
Littering costs a billion 639 Views
Doubling in costs for business rubbish to provide incentive to reduce waste 705 Views
Plastic and litter – not in Kedron Brook please! 678 Views
Aluminium cans – a lot of energy 639 Views
Recycling – keeping resources within the Valley 641 Views
TotalIT offers e-waste recycling 642 Views
Recycling & waste reduction – we’re getting there 636 Views
Planet Ark & Big Aussie Swap Parties 649 Views
Recycling – National Recycling Week & Moreton Bay Regional Council 671 Views
Electronic waste 662 Views
Kerbside collection dates 1600 Views (Not now up to date for local but worth doing because it got so much interest)
Recycling bins Brisbane City Council 842 Views
Worms farms for food scraps 633 Views
Phone Books 644 Views
Have your say on Queensland’s Waste Strategy 2010-2020 641 Views
Electronic waste recycling 718 Views
Sharps disposal service at Bunya waste facility 635 Views
New system at Bunya Tip will save more recyclables 663 Views
Methane gas potential for energy from waste at Bunya Tip 665 Views
Recycling at Bunya landfill Site 762 Views
Free green waste mulch at Bunya tip for local residents 766 Views
Transition The Grove Hour on Radio YYY 87.6 FM locally has also featured interviews and talks relevant to Towards Zero Waste. They can be found at
http://www.transitionthegrove.org.au/index.php/radio-4yyy
3rd February 2012 Asbestos risk Maureen Lawrence Park
13th January 2012 Saving old kiln bricks from Ferny Grove Station excavations
30th December 2011 Asbestos protection doing home repairs
20th September 2011 Consuming to be vs to have
19th July 2011 Consumerism vs new frugalism
15th March 2011 Volunteers – Clean Up Australia Day – Cr Brian Battersby Grovely Cubs Shane Jones Transition The Gap Chris Wright Tim Mander Dale Shuttleworth Matt Siggins GVK Lions Noel Lucas and Lyn Pysden YYY Mike Baguley.
Well this brings you up-to-date. Hope it is helpful.
All the best
Anne Tennock
Subgroup Coordinator
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